Gen 13:16, 15:5, 22:17, 1Ch 21:2, 5-6, 27:23-24 | ESV | STEP | I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth , so that if one can count the dust of the earth , your offspring also can be counted .

Genesis 13:16

16 ^aI will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

Genesis 15:5

5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and ^bnumber the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, ^c“So shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 22:17

17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring ^das the stars of heaven and ^eas the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess ^fthe gate of his ^{▼▼Or their} enemies,

1 Chronicles 21:2

2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.”

1 Chronicles 21:5-6

5 And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were ^h1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah ⁱ470,000 who drew the sword. 6 ^jBut he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

1 Chronicles 27:23-24

23 David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the ^kLord had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but ^ldid not finish. Yet ^mwrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.